I have been a featured guest on multiple podcasts, recorded interviews, and Zoom talks in the last 4-5 years. I have also been a guest lecturer for Trust Me I’m a Physiotherapist, where I did two free online lectures that Trust Me ED now hosts. The list of podcasts and interviews is in chronological order, […]
Continue ReadingThe Bastardization of Evidence-Based Practice
Most arguments against Evidence-Based Practice, if not all arguments, stem from misunderstandings and misrepresentations of what Evidence-Based Practice is. It seems popular to bastardize the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) approach to healthcare while woefully ignoring that EBP is a giant leap forward compared with the alternative, even including the flaws within EBP. “Evidence based medicine is […]
Continue ReadingIs nociception necessary for pain?
There is an ongoing academic debate between researchers and clinicians about whether or not nociception is necessary for pain or if pain can exist without nociception. The problem is a lack of experimental research on the phenomenon, and some use this lack of evidence to argue that nociception is necessary for pain. However, positive and […]
Continue ReadingHow to quickly assess if a CE-course is Up-To-Date
Sadly, more than half of Continuing Education (CE) in the Musculoskeletal field courses are not supported by research, and they often misrepresent the current state of evidence (Peterson et al.). Consequently, signing up for a new CE-course is a coin-flip; you may get what you pay for. However, you may also get served up a […]
Continue ReadingPain Neuroscience Education is Dead – Long Live Pain Education!
A recent paper (1) critiques the use of Pain Neuroscience Education*. The article is now used to promote the notion that Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE) has no clinical value. The paper noted, “People with persistent pain tend to express negative attitudes to PNE statements.” However, there are several problems and methodological flaws in the study. […]
Continue ReadingThe Fascia Fallacy
Most health professionals or skeptics do not deny or discount the existence of fascia. Still, critical professionals will deny the grandiose claims about interventions targeted towards fascia, with no bearing in reality or support by objective evidence of a specific effect of said targeted intervention. Using surrogate outcomes without measurable impact on objective outcome measures […]
Continue ReadingOpen-source slide-deck for clinical teachers
Quality educational material takes time to create, and I have likely spent hundreds of hours developing and optimizing the presentation slides and slide decks that I use in my lectures and courses. However, instead of those slides lying dormant and unused, I thought other teachers within the musculoskeletal field could benefit from my work. The […]
Continue ReadingPodcasts, free lectures and interviews (with me as guest)
I have been a featured guest on multiple podcasts, recorded interviews, and Zoom talks in the last 4-5 years. I have also been a guest lecturer for Trust Me I’m a Physiotherapist, where I did two free online lectures that Trust Me ED now hosts. The list of podcasts and interviews is in chronological order, […]
Continue ReadingPain felt in the body is not a “thing” in the body
Pain felt in the body is not a “thing” however, many therapeutic modalities have conceptualized pain as something in the body like a kidney or a patella. Pain is not a somatic entity. This erroneous belief leads the therapist to try and attack this “thing” called pain with “tools,” forgetting that it is an experience. […]
Continue ReadingAddendum: How to recognize a dinosaur therapist (or dinosaur guru)
This is an addendum to my article on Adam Meakins The Sports Physio’s blog. Dinosaur physiotherapist is a term coined by Adam Meakins to describe the “iconic, influential and idolised clinicians and researchers who, despite a new era in understanding pain and growing evidence of the biopsychosocial model, still stubbornly refuse to change their methods or mind-set, […]
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